Túlio Maravilha

Túlio

Personal information
Full name	Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa
Date of birth	June 2, 1969
Place of birth	Goiânia, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Botafogo
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1992	Goiás	88	(48)
1992–1993	Sion	11	(3)
1994–1996	Botafogo	73	(55)
1997	Corinthians	33	(14)
1997	Vitória	24	(9)
1998	Fluminense	22	(10)
1998	Botafogo	24	(10)
1999	Vila Nova	4	(6)
2000–2001	Vila Nova	17	(21)
2000	São Caetano	23	(30)
2000	Botafogo	14	(4)
2001–2002	Santa Cruz	7	(1)
2002	Újpest	10	(4)
2003	Brasiliense	21	(11)
2003	Atlético Goianiense	1	(3)
2003	Tupy	2	(5)
2004	Wilstermann	16	(24)
2004	Anapolina	9	(1)
2005	Volta Redonda	16	(12)
2005	Juventude	11	(2)
2005	Al-Shabab	0	(0)
2005–2006	Volta Redonda	18	(20)
2006	Fast	10	(10)
2006	Canedense	23	(25)
2007	Itauçuense	7	(7)
2008	Vila Nova	37	(24)
2009	Itumbiara	22	(14)
2009	Goiânia	10	(5)
2009–2011	Botafogo-DF	5	(1)
2011	→ Barras (loan)	6	(4)
2011	Canedense	1	(0)
2011	Bonsucesso	9	(3)
2012	CSE	3	(4)
2012	Tanabi	5	(1)
2012	Botafogo	0	(0)
Total		582	(391)
National team^‡
1990–1995	Brazil	15	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2009. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 20, 2009

Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa (born June 2, 1969), sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha ("Wonder Túlio"), is a former Brazilian international football (soccer) forward. He played for many Brazilian club teams, such as Goiás, Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Fluminense, Cruzeiro and Vila Nova and several lower-division teams in Brazil. In Europe, he had short-lived career, playing for Sion and Újpest.

His best years were while he was at Botafogo, where he was three times the Brazilian top scorer (1989, 1994 and 1995) and won the 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro. After this he became a journeyman and never played for the same team for more than one season at most. With the national team, Túlio was famous for scoring a controversial equalizer against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1995 Copa América in Uruguay. However, Túlio never played again for the Brazilian national team.

According to himself, he reached the mark of thousand goals in 2014, at 44 years old. This number was only reached, however, by counting goals in friendlies, commemorative games and amateur football.^[2]

Honours

Goiás

• Campeoanto Goiano (Goiás State League): 1989, 1990 and 1991

Sion

• Swiss Super League: 1992

Botafogo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazilian League): 1995
• Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1996
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1998

Corinthians

• Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo State League): 1997

Cruzeiro

• Recopa Sudamericana: 1998

Vila Nova

• Campeonato Goiano (Goiás State League): 2001

São Caetano

• Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (São Paulo State 2nd Division League): 2000

Újpest

• Hungarian Cup: 2002

Brasiliense

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 2002

Jorge Wilstermann

• Copa Aerosur: 2004

Volta Redonda

• Taça Guanabara: 2005
• Copa Finta Internacional: 2005

Itauçuense

• Campeonato Goiano da Terceira Divisão (Goiás State 3rd Division League): 2006

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 1989, 1990 and 1995
• Sharp Award: 1995
• Sony Award: 1995
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 1989, 1994 and 1995
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B top scorer: 2008
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C top scorer: 2002 and 2007
• Campeonato Brasiliense (Federal District League) 2nd Division top scorer: 2009
• Campeonato Carioca top scorer (Rio de Janeiro State League): 1994, 1995 and 2005
• Campeonato Goiano top scorer (Goiás State League): 1991, 2001 and 2008
• Campeonato Goiano 3rd Division top scorer: 2006
• Campeonato Paulista Série A2 top scorer (São Paulo State 2nd Division): 2000

Records

• Goiás all-time leading scorer with 187 goals.
• Vila Nova all-time leading scorer with 99 goals.
• Holds the record for most goals scored in a single Serie C, with 27 goals in 2007.
• Six time leading scorer of Campeonato Brasileiro, including Serie A, B and C.
• He is the only player to be a leading scorer in three different levels in Brazilian football system (Serie A, B and C).
• He was the Brazilian season scorer in 1995 (67 goals) and 2007 (50 goals).

Trivia

• Tulio played 15 games with Brazilian national football team and scored 13 goals. The Brazilian national football team never lost a match with Tulio on the pitch.
• His son, Tulio Humberto Pereira da Costa Filho, was born on the same day as his father.
• He scored a controversial goal against Universidad Católica in a Copa Libertadores match. Having already eliminated the goalkeeper from the play, Tulio stopped short of the goal line with the ball, turned around and flicked the ball up, tapping it in with a heel kick. He named the stylish goal "Tuleta" after his name.
• He is a fan of Mickey Mouse and Disney.

References

1. "Túlio Maravilha" (in Portuguese). Pelé.net. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
2. "A thousand times Tulio: The man who never gave up". EuroSport. Feb 12, 2014. Retrieved Mar 10, 2014.